BglS

• Description: beta-1,3-1,4 glucanase
  
  

Gene name	bglS
Synonyms	bgl, licS
Essential	no
Product	endo-beta-1,3-1,4 glucanase
Function	carbohydrate metabolic process
MW, pI	27 kDa, 6.482
Gene length, protein length	726 bp, 242 aa
Immediate neighbours	citH, licT
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
Genetic context

The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

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• Interactions:

• Localization: extracellular

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry:

• KEGG entry:

• E.C. number: 3.2.1.73

Expression and regulation

• Operon: licT-bglS, bglS PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA

• Regulation: expressed in the stationary phase (temporal activation), carbon catabolite repression (CcpA) PubMed, weak induction by ß-glucosides (LicT) PubMed
• Regulatory mechanism: CcpA: transcription repression PubMed, LicT: binding to an RNA switch results in transcriptional antitermination PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Murphy ND, McConnell DJ, Cantwell BA. 1984. The DNA sequence of the gene and genetic control sites for the excreted Bacillus subtilis enzyme β-glucanase. Nucl. Acids Res. 12:5355-5367. PubMed
2. Stülke, J., Hanschke, R. & Hecker, M. (1993) Temporal activation of ß-glucanase synthesis in Bacillus subtilis is mediated by the GTP pool. J. Gen. Microbiol. 139: 2041-2045. PubMed
3. Krüger, S., Stülke, J. & Hecker, M. (1993) Carbon catabolite repression of ß-glucanase synthesis in Bacillus subtilis. J. Gen. Microbiol. 139: 2047-2054. PubMed
4. Schnetz, K., Stülke, J., Gertz, S., Krüger, S., Krieg, M., Hecker, M. & Rak, B. (1996) LicT, a Bacillus subtilis transcriptional antiterminator protein of the BglG family. J. Bacteriol. 178: 1971-1979. PubMed
5. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed